Synopsis
In the wake of the revolution of 1918–1919, members of the artistic vanguard formed the November Group, an alliance of self-described “revolutionaries of the spirit” who made a radical break with traditional forms of art. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the group’s founding, the Potsdam Museum has devoted an exhibition to this most prominent political artists’ association of the Weimar Republic and to one of its leading figures, the cosmopolitan, painter, architect, and adopted Potsdam citizen Wilhelm Schmid. Schmid’s years in Potsdam are closely associated with his early work, and here for the first time an extensive body of work from this phase is presented to the public. With its expressiveness as well as its affinity to the New Objectivity, Schmid’s highly individual aesthetic brought him into contact with other avant-garde artists, whose creative search for a new formal language is also represented in the exhibition with an incisive selection of exemplary works. Numerous international lenders have made possible this dialogue between Wilhelm Schmid and artists including Georg Tappert, Arthur Segal, Moriz Melzer, Otto Möller, and César Klein.
About the Author
Dr. phil., born 1965 in Ascheberg/Westf., Study of Art History in Münster and Rome, postdoc-stipendiary at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, academic employee at the LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, curator and project leader at the Deutsche Historische Museum in Berlin, at the University in Münster and the Kulturhistorische Museum Magdeburg. 2008 foundation director of the Potsdam Museum – Forum für Kunst und Geschichte and leader for the establishment of the Museum at its new place Alter Markt. Besides her function as a curator for different exhibitions and her leadership of the collection of the 19.th bis 21.st century she is responsible for courses and cooperation projects at different universities and colleges 23.01.1983 born in Halberstadt, 2003–2010 Study of middle and recent History, Archaeology and Communication/Media Sciences at the University of Leipzig, 2011–2015 doctors degree to Dr. phil. at the University of Leipzig, 2008–2010 student assistant at the chair of recent History at the University of Leipzig, 2010/2011 academic assistant at the chair of recent History at the University of Leipzig, 2011–2014 freelancer concerning the project „1000 Jahre Leipzig. Wissenschaftliche Stadtgeschichte“, 2015–2017 academic volontary at Potsdam Museum – Forum für Kunst und Geschichte, 2018 Co-curator and author for the exhibition „Umkämpfte Wege der Moderne. Wilhelm Schmid und die Novembergruppe“ (Wilhelm Schmid And The November Group – Embattled Paths of Modernity) at the Potsdam Museum – Forum für Kunst und Geschichte, today freelance collaborator at the Potsdam Museum – Forum für Kunst und Geschichte, curating assistant for the Berlin exhibition at the Humboldt Forum Berlin,
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